Volume One

Volume 1, Chapter 39: Evil Eye White Tiger Dai Mubai

"Why... why do you say Shrek Academy is a scam school?" Hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing could not help but ask in confusion.

Three years ago, Dai Mubai had fled the Star Luo Empire without a word, leaving Zhu Zhuqing behind all by herself, which placed her in an extremely dangerous situation where she was nearly assassinated several times.

By the time he finished speaking, Su Xing was parched. He picked up a cup of water from the table nearby and downed it in one gulp, only then letting out a long sigh of relief.

Zhu Zhuqing recognized the other party's identity at a glance. Although it had been several years since they last met, Dai Mubai's unique White Tiger Martial Soul allowed her to instantly identify this nominal fiancé of hers.

Su Xing took a cup from his Soul Tool, poured a glass of water for Zhu Zhuqing, and handed it to her, saying, "I consider you a friend, so naturally, I'm afraid of you being swindled by those hypocrites. That's why I'll reluctantly accompany you on this trip."

Zhu Zhuqing subconsciously looked toward the sound. In the lobby of the Rose Hotel, a Soul Grand Master with a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul was locked in a fierce battle with a Soul Elder possessing a White Tiger Martial Soul.

"What? Do you know that Soul Elder with the White Tiger Martial Soul?" Su Xing glanced at Tang San and Dai Mubai, asking a question he already knew the answer to.

"Do you know that to become an elder of the Martial Soul Hall, one's strength must at least reach the level of a Title Douluo? Shrek has only been operating for a little over twenty years. Their first batch of graduates is only in their early thirties at most. When have you ever heard of a Title Douluo in their thirties on this continent?"

Out of curiosity about Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing did not leave the lobby immediately. Instead, she hid in a corner of the corridor with Su Xing, wanting to see what kind of person this so-called fiancé of hers really was.

"Furthermore, Shrek's location is very remote, set up next to a backward little village. You could say it's very poor and underdeveloped; educational resources are completely lacking, and there are no simulated cultivation environments. The living quarters and food are a complete mess."

Looking at Zhu Zhuqing, who was listening to Su Xing's continuous account, she was already dumbfounded, her small mouth agape, unable to speak.

The next morning, just as the sky was beginning to brighten, a fish-belly white appeared in the east of the Rose Hotel.

"Ah... do you not believe what I said?" Su Xing asked, somewhat puzzled.

"What's most incomprehensible is that in the end, those teachers at Shrek attributed the failure of those forty-eight students to graduate to their lack of effort in cultivation, without saying a single word about the problems with their academy's education."

The night passed without incident, and the two went to sleep separately.

"Mm." Zhu Zhuqing nodded and gently tugged at Su Xing, signaling him not to go out just yet.

"Since its founding, Shrek Academy has admitted a total of sixty-two students. Given Shrek's enrollment standards, every one of them was a young genius on this Douluo Continent. Yet, in the end, only fourteen were able to graduate from Shrek Academy. Where did the remaining forty-eight go?"

Zhu Zhuqing was slightly startled. Over the years in the Star Luo Empire, she had been targeted by her ruthless sister, and few in her family dared to associate with her. She seemed very unfamiliar with the word "friend."

"That's not it." Zhu Zhuqing opened her small mouth slightly, took a bite of rabbit meat, and replied, "I traveled thousands of miles from the Star Luo Empire to get here because of some family matters. I must go to Shrek Academy. If the academy is truly as you say, I can just leave when the time comes."

"The outcome of today's battle is no longer important; I will yield this room to you. I think we will meet again very soon. When you arrive at Shrek Academy, if anyone gives you trouble, please report the name of the Evil Eye White Tiger, Dai Mubai."

"Uh, alright then. Since that's the case, I'll accompany you to Shrek Academy tomorrow to take a look." Su Xing rested his head on his hands, lay back on the rattan chair, and chuckled.

"Oh? Don't you hate Shrek Academy? Why would you still want to accompany me?" After pondering for a moment, Zhu Zhuqing asked.

Nearby, there was also a young girl with rabbit-ear hair accessories, as well as twin sisters standing not far away watching the battle.

After a long while, Zhu Zhuqing shook her head and teased, "You seem to hold a great grudge against this Shrek Academy. Who knows if what you said just now was just made up."

Instantly, all of Zhu Zhuqing's favorable impressions of Dai Mubai vanished. From their conversation, Zhu Zhuqing learned that the reason for the conflict between Dai Mubai and the Blue Silver Grass Soul Grand Master was actually over a room. What left her most speechless was that Dai Mubai had brought two girls to get a room by himself.

"The most ridiculous part is that those teachers at Shrek Academy go around bragging that among the fourteen who graduated from their academy, one has already become an elder of the Martial Soul Hall, with authority second only to the Pope."

Just as they went downstairs, "Awoo!" A tiger's roar caught their attention.

"It's actually him..." When Zhu Zhuqing saw the Soul Elder with the White Tiger Martial Soul, her pupils contracted instantly. She bit her red lip and whispered.

Zhu Zhuqing's current thought was surely to seek an alliance with Dai Mubai for self-preservation, but would reality truly go as she wished?

"Hahaha... the toughness of your Blue Silver Grass is indeed beyond my expectations, but my third soul skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation, can maintain its transformation for half an hour. During this half hour, my attack power, defense, strength, and resistance will all double. With my level 37 soul power, under such an amplification, your toxins are not enough to hurt me. Even if your soul skill is exquisite and your control-type martial soul is quite effective, you are ultimately no match for me. This is the absolute gap in power."

"Shrek's graduation requirements only require one to reach level 40 soul power before the age of twenty. These young geniuses were all lost to the crowd simply because they didn't have a good cultivation environment or good teachers to guide them. I believe that if you put those forty-eight young geniuses into any advanced soul master academy on the continent, they should also be able to cultivate their soul power to level 40 before the age of twenty."

"Friends, huh." Now that three years had passed, Zhu Zhuqing had undergone tremendous changes in both figure and appearance; Dai Mubai might not even recognize her anymore.

The battle between the two in the lobby started quickly and ended quickly. Dai Mubai's sturdy body walked toward Tang San step by step, the silver blades on his tiger claws constantly flickering, releasing an astonishing pressure.

Su Xing knew very well that the main reason Zhu Zhuqing was determined to go to Shrek Academy was because Dai Mubai was there. After all, she was alone and weak, unable to resist the combined forces of Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun.

Perhaps because they were too tired recently, Su Xing and Zhu Zhuqing both slept until noon before waking up bleary-eyed, heading downstairs, and preparing to set off for Shrek Academy.

After saying this, Dai Mubai wrapped his arms around the twin beauties and turned to walk out of the Rose Hotel.

"Shrek Academy's enrollment conditions are extremely harsh, requiring an entry age under thirteen and soul power above level 20. But the problem is, they don't post these conditions in advance. Only after some commoners pay the registration fee do they tell them they aren't suitable, and the registration fee is never refunded."